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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland should be talking about real alternativesThe phoney currency debate in Scotland relies on misunderstanding and is helping to marginalise the real alternative.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPreserving policy space in an independent Scotland
Last week’s attempts at arm-twisting Scotland over sterling and European Union membership have backfired. But an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe birth pains of Scottish democracy and the anguish of ‘posh Scotland’Hugo Rifkind has called on posh Scots to speak out in the independence debate, but it's not their voices that are missing.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPodcast: 2014 matters: poverty, power and inequality in Scotland and a changing world
What would Scottish independence mean for global justice? A panel came together in Dundee to discuss what the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Scots referendum debate could do without the vitriol
Most English appear to have little interest either way. Beyond the London bubble there really is little need for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInterview: BBC bias, bullying, and the Scottish referendumFollowing the recent publication of his report, Dr John Robertson speaks to OurKingdom about his findings, his...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBBC bias and the Scots referendum - new report
Dr John Robertson from University of West Scotland has just published research on bias and fairness in news...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIn response to Martin KettleAccusations that the SNP are failing to engage in serious debate betray double standards at the heart of Britain.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSir Nicholas Macpherson and a very British stateWhen civil servants hit the headlines, Whitehall breaks protocol: the Eton and Oxbridge British state closes ranks...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPodcast: What's happening in Scotland and why the rest of the UK should care
What's going on in Scotland, why the English should care about it: this week's NovaraMedia podcast was a discussion...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSpeaking through ScotlandThe debate over Scotland’s EU entry is being snarled up in the agendas of international actors. The consequences...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe political storm over Scotland’s currency
What can be learnt from the recent intervention of George Osborne, and why Westminster continues to inadvertently...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland should relish the chance to run its own currencyThe pound is a free floating currency. No one needs Osborne's permission to use it. But it is also a very expensive...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOn (not) telling the Scots what to do
To be free of Westminster's distant and venal elite is something the English should support - if the Scots can...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe battle for Britain and why Alex Salmond and Independence has already won
Even if the vote is a No, independence is now a firm and plausible option which won't go away.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe empathy gap: divided Scotland and the problem of fantasyland Britain
The inflammatory and absurd rhetoric of the London political elite is a good example of why the vote should be a Yes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCitizenship in Scotland's futureLast week, the Scottish Government launched its blueprint for an independent Scotland. Here, Jo Shaw outlines what...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland's future: the economyThis week, the SNP published their plan for an independent Scotland. Here, two of Scotland's leading economists give...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland step by step but what about England?The Scottish Government has outlined its vision for independence from Westminster. But what the British elite is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKScotland's future: independence, culture, and the art of negationThis week, the Scottish government launched its white paper on the future of Scotand. Here, Scott Hames looks at how...
